Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration’s Plan to Deport Hundreds of Guatemalan Children

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order halting the Trump administration’s effort to repatriate Guatemalan unaccompanied minors from U.S. shelters and scheduled an emergency hearing. The order pauses planned removals (reported as part of a pilot to return hundreds of children) for 14 days while courts consider due-process and statutory protections for minors; immigrant-rights groups and multiple federal judges have filed and issued legal challenges. The intervention is part of a cluster of court actions nationwide that complicate a broader enforcement push by HHS/ORR and DHS/ICE.